Last spring I taught a graduate course built on the idea that 𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘐 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭, not a novelty:
𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵—all the course materials are now public. Take it, use it, adapt it for your own students or your own research.
barbagroup.github.io/mae6291-genai/
barbagroup.github.io
Generative AI for Engineering Research (MAE-6291) — Lorena A. Barba group
MAE-6291, Spring 2026. A graduate course teaching engineering PhD students to use generative AI as a research accelerator. Lecture notes and slides, openly shared.
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March 2, 1867.
CHAP. CLVIII. — An Act to establish a Department of Education.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be established, at the city of Washington, a department of education, for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several States and Territories, and of diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems, and methods of teaching, as shall aid the people of the United States in the establishment and maintenance of efficient school systems, and otherwise promote the cause of education throughout the country.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ayiaku5sfzpuzbtgw6cmrlkd/bafkreianf2opb5djyqpdf5vh6sl3axgxb6tm6qk66rqubifbqwmypmwf6a)
